For a career afterwards

When dancers end their active careers, they then take the skills they attained over many years and enter a society that places more and more value on creativity, spontaneity, discipline and endurance. These are dancers who get involved by formulating what moves us, who learned how to express themselves – and who practiced communication in their art as an essential part of our human identity. This potential should not be wasted. Let us support them with all our energy. And let us get involved to support our dancers in order to support our society.

John Neumeier, Director of the Board of Trustees

Our offers

Wir helfen

Information via Telephone and Mail

We are here to answer your questions about a career re-orientation. We give you tips and support for your first steps, and we offer information about funding and grant possibilities. The counseling is confidential.

Individual support

We offer you personal counseling to talk about developing a career perspective for the future. Heike Scharpff, Diplom-psychologist, is available for individual coaching. She accompanies the respective dancer’s individual transition process in discussions. This involves clarifying the existing emotional situation as well as personal interests, competencies and goals. A strengths/weaknesses analysis can be made. Together a concrete time and budget plan is created for a career re-orientation. The counseling is confidential. Please book an appointment or a skype-meeting via e-mail.

Stipendium

Stiftung TANZ is granting scholarships to dance professionals in a transition to a new career after their active dance career. Every Year until March 30th/ June 30th and October 30th, you can apply for one-time support for i.e., course and study fees, travel costs or childcare during your education. If you want to apply, you should receive individual counseling at the foundation’s head office – per telephone, personally or e-mail. All professional dancers can apply who have at least seven years of professional experience in a permanent contract position or as a self-employed dancer. At least five years of professional work must be shown to have taken place in Germany. Non-EC citizens or Shengen citizens need an unlimited residence permit. The application has to be in german language. Statuten zur Vergabe von Unterstützung und StipendienAntragsformular für Stipendien Stiftung TANZEinkommensnachweis Antrag Stiftung TANZ
Other grant sources: http://www.studienfinanzierung.de/stipendien/

Immer auf der Suche

Ich will in Berlin bleiben

En route to transition

In contrast to other professional groups, dancers have to orient themselves professionally (transition) after a relatively short active stage run. Often at an age when other professions are only properly started. Thus, during and at the end of the career, doubt, uncertainty, great emptiness and many questions determine the dancer's life. What comes next?
In contrast to other professional groups, dancers have to orient themselves professionally (transition) after a relatively short active stage run. Often at an age, in which other professions are only properly started. Thus, during and at the end of the career, doubt, uncertainty, great emptiness and many questions determine the dancer's life. What comes next?